OK, so bear with me.  This will be the last time I write about this (at least this particular situation anyway).  But you read my post about the excessive celebration penalty at the recent UGA-LSU game.  Well this past weekend, during the Florida-Arkansas football game, this same ref crew had some more controversy.  Read on…. (more…)

As I have stated before, I am not just a football nut, but a Georgia Bulldog.  Some of you, if you didn’t see the Bulldogs play, may have seen the recap of the call at the end of the game this Saturday that many say swung the momentum.  It was an unsportsmanlike penalty for excessive celebration called on AJ Green, Georgia’s playmaker wide receiver.

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Michael Crabtree’s holdout from the San Franciso 49ers got me to looking at the wide receivers in the NFL recently.  These guys are more and more hitting the top of the draft board and the big bucks that come with that.   And there is a crop of big, strong, and fast wide receivers that are almost freakish with their builds and their skills in the game.  But has it gotten out of control with the antics of T.O. and a guy like Crabtree doing what he’s doing?  Well here’s what I think…. (more…)

Ok, so the 2009 first weekend of College Football is complete and what do we know at this point?  Well, it really is too early to say that we really know anything at all.  But like everyone else I’ve got a few observations after watching several games and way too much Sports Center. (more…)

Listening to the swirl and skimming the Internet, rumors (not confirmed of course) abound that Brett Favre has become an issue in the locker room at Minnesota.  That the combination of support for the other contenders for the leadership position of this football team AND Brett’s appearing knack for not having to participate in all of preseason camp, is creating some strife among the team. (more…)